Captures the flavour of the '80s well. Look forward to reading more. Small thing, but while Trevor Summers was on the board when we were relegated from Div. 2 to Div. 3 in '91, wasn't it John Silk who was in the chair at the time? If memory serves, Silk was interviewed saying we'd get bigger crowds in Div. 3 in the aftermath of relegation. Seem to remember he came in for a lot of flack for that, even if history eventually proved him right. Think Silk remained in charge through the full Gould season that failed to see us escape Div. 3 and ended in the Gay Meadow coffin parade. A quick check of a programme or two leads me to believe that Summers came in as chair in summer '92 - the Ardiles year.
Captures the flavour of the '80s well. Look forward to reading more. Small thing, but while Trevor Summers was on the board when we were relegated from Div. 2 to Div. 3 in '91, wasn't it John Silk who was in the chair at the time? If memory serves, Silk was interviewed saying we'd get bigger crowds in Div. 3 in the aftermath of relegation. Seem to remember he came in for a lot of flack for that, even if history eventually proved him right. Think Silk remained in charge through the full Gould season that failed to see us escape Div. 3 and ended in the Gay Meadow coffin parade. A quick check of a programme or two leads me to believe that Summers came in as chair in summer '92 - the Ardiles year.
Thanks Matt - that's the value of posting a draft :-)
Great stuff. Looking forward to reading the book, when it comes out. Any idea when that will be?